KUALA LUMPUR: Many may not know that a Malaysian construction company, Eversendai Corporation Bhd (Eversendai), is one of the main contributors to the construction of several iconic landmarks in the world including Burj Khalifa (Dubai), Al Shams Sky Tower (Abu Dhabi) and KLCC (Petronas) Twin Towers and Merdeka 118 Tower.

The achievement was shared by Public Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi through a post on his Facebook after visiting Eversendai's largest steel fabrication factory located in Hamriyah Free Zone Establishment, Sharjah, UAE recently.

Nanta, who was on an official working visit to Dubai, said Eversendai is the only Malaysian construction company to create a world record and an important milestone in the construction industry for the iconic landmark project "One Za'abeel" in Dubai in 2020.

"During this visit, I was given a briefing regarding the operation of the factory, manufacturing, iron fabrication and the design of the building structure carried out at the factory. I was informed that BIM technology is used in the implementation of the project, especially in the preparation stage of the project design, especially the steel structure," he said in the message.

He said Eversendai has a workforce of 15,000 staff and more than 300 projects have been completed in more than 14 countries with five steel fabrication plants located in Malaysia, Dubai, Sharjah, Qatar and India with an annual capacity of 150,000 tonnes.

"This state-of-the-art steel fabrication plant has built some of the world's most iconic landmark structures such as Burj Khalifa and Menara Merdeka 118," he said.

According to Nanta, Tan Sri Datuk A.K. Nathan as the executive chairman, group managing director and founder of the company, in a statement described Eversendai as the pride of the country 'to fly the Jalur Gemilang as high as possible' by being part of the world record for the longest cantilever building (the One Za'abeel) in the world.